Keeps getting better.

Things here are finally starting to turn around. My husband has been getting a few days of work a week through Labor Ready and Christmas turned out to be better than I expected. My kids were happy and got what they asked for, even though it wasn't much they were happy with the little bit they did get.
Now that I have dropped algebra for this term I don't feel as stressed out about this term as I originally was. The only thing that has me worried about this term is the entire concept of plagiarism. I went through the same thing in English last term. I am afraid of committing accidental plagiarism. I still struggle with APA citation and on some posts for my A&P class I forgot to list my reference only to have to go back and add it.
I have a tendency of taking horrible notes. They tend to be scattered and all over the place and I usually have notes on one piece of paper and references on another. However, when I do my writing I usually put a little * next to what I am citing for my own reference but I never put what article or author it came from on my notes. Then when I begin to actually type my rough draft into a word document I am often left clueless as to what citation goes where and then I have to go back to every single article and read through them all until I find what I am looking for. This has proven too time consuming and it is really hard for me to remember to list the citation on my drafts. It really scares me because I don't want any type of plagiarism charge against me at any point. As I have stated before, getting good grades is a big deal for me and just the thought that by accidentally forgetting to reference something and throw that all down the drain.
I also have a bad tendency of waiting until the last possible minute to complete my papers. I'll have all the footwork done but I will wait until the very last minute to format everything into a decent paper and submit it. Part of this is due to the fact that I positively hate writing and another part is just due to my being lazy. I try to use the skills I learned back in Term 1 on Academic Strageties and although I will make a weekly school calander for my studying when I look at it I just feel like "ugh, I don't want to do this." I know the end result of a diploma will be worth it but sometimes it just seems so darn hard to get there. They say that nothing is easy. Hard work will pay off in the long run but my impatience tells me otherwise. I think I need to regroup myself, stay focused and work by butt off.